To the northeast, there were hundreds of thousands of Yuan Shao's troops.

To the northwest, there was Ding Yuan's army of 50,000.

To the east, there is Kong Ling's army of 50,000.

To the west, there were Cao Ren's 30,000 soldiers and horses.

To the south, Sun Jian, who made Dong Zhuo the most jealous, and all the soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu, 200,000.

Luoyang was completely surrounded by the Fifth Route Army, and there were only three roads waiting for Dong Zhuo.

First, defeat all these five armies, and then take the opportunity to expand the territory and enhance the strength, although not to say that you will dominate the world, you can become the first prince in the world.

However, not to mention that none of Cao Ren, Sun Jian, Yuan Shao, and Ding Yuan's four-way army is easy to deal with, even if it is Kong Ling's army, the leader is Liu Bei, and the two generals under his command, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as Xun Yu and Xin Bi, are also difficult to deal with.

The second is to concentrate superior forces, defeat one of the enemy forces, evacuate Luoyang, capture a certain state and county, recruit troops and horses, accumulate grain and grass, and divide the territory into one side of the princes.

However, as for the breakout route, you can't go north, you can't go west, you can't go south or east. Of course, Dong Zhuo still hopes to go south, even after crossing the Yangtze River, away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, taking the Yangtze River as a natural danger and stabilizing the rest of his life.

Third, he was surrounded and suppressed by the five-way army and died, and his reputation was ruined.

Dong Zhuo stood on the spot, snorting heavily, his eyes were frighteningly red, like a bull about to become angry, he could have an attack at any time and kill someone.

No one in the room dared to speak, and he didn't even dare to take a rough breath, including Li Ru, who was most trusted by Dong Zhuo, who was also bowed his head at the moment and was silent.

After a long time, Dong Zhuocai turned his head and shouted at Li Ru: "Wenyou, what plan do you have to solve the dilemma?" ”

Li Ru began to think about it just now, how to solve this dilemma, but this is not an ordinary dilemma, let alone Li Ru, even if Jia Xu is here, he can't break this class situation.

In an instant, the sweat on Li Ru's forehead came out, and he didn't dare to look at Dong Zhuo's gaze, slowly stood up, thought about it, and said: "Back to Taishi, my subordinates think that the other party's army is strong, and our army is weak, and it cannot be defeated, so it can be divided." ”

Dong Zhuo asked, "How to divide them?" ”

Li Ru continued: "Among the five-way army, the Yuan brothers and the Taishi have a grudge against their father and a hatred of destroying their family. ”

"And the state of Mu Ding Yuan, by Cao Ju's life-saving grace, this time to send troops, must be invited by Cao Ju. However, when the princes were crusading, Ding Yuan did not send troops on the grounds of the northern Xiongnu, which is enough to see that this person had two hearts, so Ding Yuan's army did not want to really go south to attack the city, and the Taishi could send people to lure him with high-ranking officials and gold, silver and jewelry. ”

"As for Kong Ling, he has no ambitions, if he governs a state, it is okay, but if he leads the army to fight, he is a mediocre hand. As for the three of Liu Guanzhang, although they are brave, but after all, there is no army under their command, as long as the Taishi sends people to Yuzhou and spreads rumors, saying that Liu Guanzhang has the intention of seizing Yuzhou, Kong Ling will inevitably be suspicious and send someone to replace them, and this way is not to be feared. ”

Dong Zhuo frowned and said, "Even if Ding Yuan and Kong Ling are not worried, yet, the other three-way army, could it be that Wen You has no plan to break it?" ”

Li Ru thought to himself, these three armies are not so easy to deal with, and our army does not have any advantage in strength, what good way can I do.

However, Li Ru didn't dare to say this, thought about it, and said: "Taishi, Yuan Shu's army, when the current situation remains unchanged, and we don't want our army to defeat the enemy, we just need to protect Liang County without losing." ”

"Although Yuan Shao's army is prosperous, as long as the tiger prison is in the hands of our army, it will be difficult for Yuan Shao's army to take a step south, and its army is hundreds of thousands, which consumes countless money and food every day, and it will be difficult to support it for a long time.

"As for the 30,000 troops of Cao Ren on the West Road." Li Ru frowned and said, "Cao Ju Xinding Yongzhou, the people's hearts are not attached, so he didn't dare to send out a large army, and he didn't dare to come in person, so he sent Cao Ren to command 30,000 troops, not really to attack Luoyang, but just to show the people of the world, don't worry." ”

Dong Zhuo listened and asked, "Wen You, listen to your words, our army is not worried about annihilation?" ”

"Definitely." Li Ru shook his head and said, "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, our army is besieged by the Fifth Route Army, although it is safe for the time being, but it is necessary to prevent any change in the situation along the way." ”

Dong Zhuo went through the battlefield for a long time, nodded and said: "Yes, this is the time of life and death of our army, you must not slack off, perform your duties, and tide over the difficulties together, and then, there will be a heavy reward." ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and said together: "Subordinates receive orders." ”

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and asked the rest of the people to retreat, leaving Li Ru alone, and asked: "Wenyou, everyone has retreated, you can let go and speak bluntly, what is the situation of our army?" ”

Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo's face and was sure that he had calmed down, so he said tentatively: "Taishi wants to retreat? ”

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "You Fangcai's words, it's okay to deceive them, but you can't hide the eyes of Lone, this time my Dong Zhuo's catastrophe is coming." ”

Li Ru shook his head and said: "Taishi's words are wrong, Luoyang City is rich in grain and grass, and Taishi has hundreds of thousands of troops, with the benefit of Luoyang City, even if the five-way army is encircled, as long as Luoyang City is not chaotic, it is enough to last for a year and a half, how can it always be consumed with our army?" ”

Dong Zhuo nodded, and said hatefully: "I cherish Cao Ju's talent and treat him as a countryman, but I don't want him to be a wolf and have the ambition to betray at this juncture, and even take away the abolished emperor Liu Bian, but he wants to do the things of the two emperors in the world." ”

Li Ru sighed and said: "The Yuan brothers don't have to worry, the real enemy of the Taishi is Cao Juye. ”

Dong Zhuo snorted and said: "If Lone can withstand this catastrophe, he will definitely march west in the future and take the head." ”

Saying that this is the use of birds, the key is that this catastrophe is difficult to bear, Li Ru rolled his eyes and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, another scout shouted outside: "Report ......"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback, and thought to himself, wouldn't it be the army that broke through our army's defense line, could it be Liangxian, Qinyang, or Yangcheng?

The scout came in, panting roughly, and said: "Qiqi Taishi, Cao Ju established Liu Wei as emperor in Chang'an, and issued an edict... The edict is ****, and the world is ordered to discuss it. ”

"What?" Dong Zhuo expected that Cao Ju would support Liu Bian as the emperor, but he thought that he would wait for Yongzhou to be completely pacified before making this move, but he didn't want Cao Ju to calm Yongzhou for only a few days, so he couldn't wait to fight him.